Environmental changes and cultural transition at 4 cal. ka BP in central Gansu

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 743-748

  An, Chengbang ^a   Feng, Zhaodong ^a   Tang, Lingyu ^b   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

4 cal. ka BP; Central Gansu; Cultural transition; Environmental changes

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU;

EID: 2342430420     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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